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ATI or Nvidia

Out of those 2 get the Gigabyte 470 SoC (great card) - theres a time for multi GPU but not when theres a similiar/better card for similiar money than 2 in multiGPU.
 
arc@css said:
Recently I took out my 4870x2, popped in a 4890 and it was somewhat smoother. The x2 has always been smooth in my opinion but this was better, and the frame rate was higher than I expected, though not relevant to what we're discussing here.
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Ignoring "microstutter" its quite common with multiGPU systems to get massive scaling in places where they aren't taxed very heavily, but fall down in more intensive scenes so a comparable single GPU will often do better even tho the simplified performance numbers aren't as good.

Which is one of the reasons its better to go for a single card when you can, thats not to say there isn't a case for multi GPU but it tends to be a bit more complicated - i.e. when I got my 8800GT SLI setup it was very slightly faster than a single GTX280 at half the price and didn't do significantly worse comparably when taxed in complex scenes.
 
^I am tempted to go for a powerful single card next time round, plus the fact that if I go nvidia (more than likely will for a change), it will have to be a powerful single card since my mobo doesn't support sli. Of course, if I upgrade the rest of the rig before the gpu then I'll have the option to do either. Also partly depends on how good the 6900's are I guess and when the time is right to change this old beast. :D
 
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Yeah the GTX470 is one of the times its worth going multi GPU - cheaper than a GTX480 (or was) and considerably quicker and faster even than a single 580 by a decent margin.
 
Firebouncy said:
What do people reckon.
2x http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-122-HT&tool=3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=
1x http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-066-GI

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Had 2 X 5770 earlier in the year and was very impressed with the performance, around 5870 and better than 5850. Now have this

Just had a go at Mafia 2 and am well impressed. Considering its stock cooling I am getting 36c idle and 77c maxed out on Mafia. I have however bought an aftermarket cooler , this, and will put it on soon.

I would, in the circumstances, recommend this card. Great price for that card and that cooling looks awesome.:D
 
Firebouncy said:
Rroff, I see your running SLI? But thank you for your information.
Arc@css, have you been with ATI, what do you think of their cards?
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Hi. :)

Yes, as you can see from my current sig I am using an ATI 4870x2. I have had this card exactly two years now and have also owned in total six ATI cards over the last seven years.

I have found the driver support fine, though recently the idle clocks being a bit temperamental but nothing major whatsoever.

I do find the frame rate dips compared to recent nvidia cards (have only owned one recent nvidia card : a 260gtx) not as good though in all fairness, this maybe partly due to using a dual gpu card : very high frame rates sometimes, turn in another direction during game and experience a substantial drop..though it's not all that bad. Bottom line is I wouldn't have kept buying ATI cards if the performance wasn't at least adequate.

I expect part of it is due to better game developer relationships for nvidia, quite a few games are out of the box optmised to run better, but a quick hotfix usually sorts that out from AMD. :D

I seriously think that whatever firm you choose you'll end up with something that will allow you to play games nicely. :)

I may add a bit more later but right now my broccoli is being steamed. :D
 
Um, where did you buy from? But say your PSU could support it, would you of gone for it? Because I like the sound of the ATI card, but Lots of people here are saying the 470 is quality..um
 
Firebouncy said:
Um, where did you buy from? But say your PSU could support it, would you of gone for it? Because I like the sound of the ATI card, but Lots of people here are saying the 470 is quality..um
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Oh, some place in E Yorks that also sells kitchens lol. Probably still wouldn't of got the 470 in all fairness, even though it's a comparable card, it's not as efficient as the 6870.
 
Firebouncy said:
Even tho its not as efficient, does it achieve beter FPS?
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It's swings and roundabouts really. Looking at benchmarks the 470 and 6870 are a few fps better in some games. They are pretty much identical in terms of graphical power, just that the 470 uses more electricity to do it!
 
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